Wildfire Films

Hearing Silence

2010, 12 minutes

In a world where sound plays an increasingly frustrating role, we learn how professional musician Elizabeth Petcu is coping with going deaf.

Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board present in association with Wildfire Films, under the Reality Bites scheme.

Awards

Winner, Signal Film Festival 2012
Runner up, Irish Council of Civil Liberties Human Rights Film Awards 2011

Selected Other Screenings

Ziele Filmului Irlandez Bucharest, October 2011
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, September 2011
The Galway Film Fleadh, July 2011
The Seattle International Film Festival, June 2011.
The International Festival of Documentary Films Academia Film Olomouc, Czech Republic, April 2011
Dingle Film Festival, March 2011
Shebeen Flicks Dublin, March 2011,
Jameson International Dublin Film Festival, February 2011
Cork Film Festival, November 2010

Clip

Hearing Silence from Wildfire Films.

Credits

Director of Photography Alan O’Connor
Editor Mairead McIvor
Producer Martha O’Neill
Director Hilary Fennell

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Elizabeth goes for a swim
Preparing for a close-up
Elizabeth performing
Elizabeth by the sea
Elizabeth walks on the beach
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